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It should be rare to get in on your first year of eligibility, but Biggio scored high and can probably make it in next year. Bagwell might still be under a cloud of suspicion. Anyone who says "They all juiced" ought to look at the careers of Griffey Jr. and Frank Thomas. MLB Network did a good comparison of Morris and Lolich, who got almost no consideration for the HOF. Very similar numbers and careers, but no love for Lolich. What's Morris' secret?

Has anyone seen the spaghetti Western, Django, to which this movie is paying tribute?

Go ogle, of course!

She can't math. http://www.lolwithme.org/?p=1912 That's ok. I can't science. (I has a sad.)

I recommend getting Breaking Out of New Orleans, 1922-1929. 4 CD set on JSP Includes Original Tuxedo Jazz Band, Louis Dumaine's Jazzola Eight, Sam Morgan's Jazz Band, Piron's New Orleans Orchestra, Ory's Sunshine Orchestra, Fate Marable's Society Syncopators, Cook's Dreamland Orchestra, Freddie Keppard's Jazz Cardinals, New Orleans Bootblacks, Chicago Footwarmers, et al. Also Chicago South Side, 1923-1930 on Fremeaux, 2 CDs

New Orleans Brass bands play a lot of spiritual music. Look for the thread on the American Music Records label. Eureka Brass Band: http://www.amazon.com/Orleans-Funeral-Parade-Eureka-Brass/dp/B000001YIJ/ref=ntt_mus_ep_dpi_1

Happy Happy!

This turns out to be easier with the new version! When I burn the CDR it gives me an option to name the artist and the album, and it seems to be picking up the names of the song directly from the CD after having burned it with Roxio! I used to have to hunt for an album titled Unknown, or songs named Track 1, Track 2 etc. and rename everything one at a time. This seems easier.

I can't see how to name my playlists when ripping a commercial CD that already has metadata. iTunes names the playlist for me. I prefer to do this myself. Haven't yet transferred music from a CD-R, but I suppose iTunes asks you to name the playlist yourself in this case. Is that correct?

Something's different about adding playlists. I used to be able to name a new playlist myself then drag the songs over to it. Now all I can see is a way to add a new playlist, but with whatever naming convention iPod thinks I should have. I don't know what's going to happen when I try to drag files from my hard drive to iTunes. Don't see if that is even possible anymore.

DC made a nice pick up in Denard Span, a lead off batter for us! If we can sign LaRoche again, we will have a super solid defense!

I see it when I first arrive but the right column disappears when I click View New Content. Google Chrome.

Thank you Paul! I had a good one on Nov. 6 with most election results going my way! I voted against the redistricting in Maryland, which passed though it looked like gerrymandering to me, but all the other initiatives and candidates I voted for prevailed.

Have a great one!

I love the Jerry Seinfeld-Brian Regan conversation about "We can put a man on the moon but we can't do this?" from Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIN8JzCjY_Y go to 3:00

Looks like I was ahead of the curve when I bought a retro Astros cap last year that is the blue model with H and star! I much prefer this uniform, anyway. I believe the '65 uniform had the word Astros but with a swoosh of some sort to suggest a shooting star, no? I remember Ron Brand!

Well, don't conclude you have to be in another time zone to be overlooked by the eastern press. I would say it's more like the NY-New England press. They overlook us here in Washington when it comes to sports!! The press corps here can barely conceal how much they would rather be in NY or Boston (most of them).

The Nationals have a few days to sign Adam LaRoche before he tests the free agent market. His agent is going for a contract lasting more years than DC would like. He missed most of '11 with an injury, then had a career year in '12, which makes it a tough call. I hope we sign him to three years. Sean Burnett is also likely to become a free agent. Wish we could hold on to him. He's been a big part of the bullpen's success, such as it has been.

Congratulations to the Giants and their fans! They outplayed all their opponents.

Looks like the days off for the Tigers threw them off. Baseball is largely about feel day by day. While a football team might benefit from extra days off, not a baseball team. There's no way in this tournament system to formulate some sort of incentive or advantage for winning your pennant early or even winning your division. Still, the Giants regular season was something to be proud of, and this tournament could have been much worse if St. Louis were in the WS. It WILL be crazy in the future with this system.

The lines for early voting today in Maryland were unbelievably long, so yes, I think this was affected by people worrying about power outages next week.

Snagged it. Thanks Allen!

Giants and Tigers have never met in the World Series. You would think so back in Ty Cobb's day.

Was his family name Americanized from the French Thibaut? The one that puzzles me is Favre, pronounced Farv. How is the r sound in front of the v? Favre is a pretty common name in Louisiana and I assume Mississippi, pronounced Fahv, silent re.